A newly created federal grant program awarded $34 million to NJ Transit to make the improvements.
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, both D-NJ, made the announcement Tuesday of the grants from the Federal Transit Administration’s All Stations Accessibility Program, created by the bipartisan Infrastructure law that was signed in Nov. 2021.
Grants included $18.18 million for two Pascack Valley Line stations at Anderson Street, Hackensack and New Bridge Landing in River Edge. The Bradley Beach Rail Station – on the North Jersey Coast Line - received a $14.51 million grant. And the Chatham and Orange Rail Stations on the Morris & Essex Line were awarded $1.4 million.
NJ Transit is among those transit systems considered “legacy” by the grant program because the railroads that made up the commuter rail system were built before ADA became law.
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